LESSON 1 TEACHER’S GUIDE
Friends Who Share
by Tracy Gallo
Fountas-Pinnell Level C
Informational Text
Selection Summary
A boy and his friend, Jan, like to do some of the same things. They
share food, toys, and books.
Number of Words: 118
Characteristics of the Text
Genre
Text Structure
Content
Themes and Ideas
Language and
Literary Features
Sentence Complexity
Vocabulary
Words
Illustrations
Book and Print Features
• Informational Text
• First-person narrative
• One category of information with four episodes
• Friends
• Ways friends share
• Good friends share.
• Sharing can be fun.
• Repeated natural language patterns
• Familiar settings
• Simple, predictable sentences with a variety of patterns: Jan and I like to ___. Jan has a
___. I want to ____, too.
• Subject-verb in same position in all sentences
• Names of objects labeled in illustrations: apple, bike, ball, book
• Action words supported by illustrations: eat, ride, play, read
• Some target vocabulary highlighted in text
• One-syllable words with a few two-syllable words: apple, apples
• Many easy high-frequency words: I, and, like, to, want
• Simple plurals: apples, bikes
• Realistic illustrations showing one activity per page
• Illustrations match text very closely.
• Nine pages of text, illustrations on every page
• One to four lines of text on each page
• Some objects in pictures are labeled.
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Friends Who Share
by Tracy Gallo
Build Background
Read the title to children and discuss what the boy and girl are sharing in the cover
illustration. Ask children what they think this book will be about. Encourage them to talk
about sharing with friends, prompting them with the following question: What kinds of
things do you share with your friends?
Front-Load Vocabulary Some everyday words may be unfamiliar to English
learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: eat, apples, ride,
bikes, play, ball, read, books.
Introduce the Text
Guide children through the text, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar
language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Call their attention to any
labels. Explain important text features, such as the repetition of the phrase Jan and I like to
__. Here are some suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that the pictures in this book have labels to name things. Point out
the label, apple, in the illustration. Explain that in this book, a boy and his friend,
Jan, share different things, such as apples.
Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Here is the boy who is telling the story and
his friend Jan. What does Jan have? Yes, she has an apple. The boy says: Jan and
I like to eat apples. And has three letters and it starts with the letter a. Can you find
and and put your finger under it? You will find and on lots of pages in this book.
Page 4: Call attention to the illustration and read the label. What else do the boy
and Jan like to do? They like to ride bikes. So the boy says: Jan and I like to ride
bikes. How do you think they will share the bike?
Page 6: Remind children that they can use information in the pictures to help them
read. Turn to page 6. Now what will the boy say? The boy says: Jan and I like to
play ball. Say the word play. What letter would you expect to see first in play? Find
the word play and put your finger under it. How will they play so they can share the
ball?
Now go back to the beginning and read to find out all the things the two friends
can share.
Words to Know
and
Grade 1
I
like
play
2
to
want
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Read
As children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that
supports their problem-solving ability.
Respond to the Text
Personal Response
Ask children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they
liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.
Suggested language: What do you share with your friends that the two friends in the
story share?
Ways of Thinking
As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:
Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
• The boy and Jan like to do the
same things.
• Good friends share what they
have.
• They like to eat apples, ride
bikes, play ball, and read books.
• Sharing makes people feel
connected to each other.
• The sentence patterns make the
text predictable and easier to
read.
• The boy and Jan share an apple,
a bike, a ball, and a book.
• The ideas in the book are all
about ways to share.
• The pictures show how different
things are shared.
© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.
Choices for Support
Concepts of Print
Practice early reading behaviors such as understanding that a reader says one word for
one group of letters and understanding the concept of sentence as a group of words with
ending punctuation.
Phonemic Awareness and Word Work
Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:
• Beginning Sounds Say each of the following words one at a time: Jan, like, want, can,
ride, bike. Have children repeat each word, and then say the beginning sound.
• Listening Game Read a sentence from the book, without showing the text: Jan eats
the apple. Have children say the sentence with you slowly and hold up one finger for
each word they hear. Ask: How many words are in the sentence? Continue with other
sentences.
• Write Words Materials: whiteboard, marker. Have children write the name Jan on the
whiteboard. Ask them to erase the letter J and write the letter c. Have them read the
new word. (can) Continue by having children replace the initial letter with f, r, t, v, and
p, reading each new word.
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Writing About Reading
Critical Thinking
Read the directions for children on BLM 1.9 and guide them in answering the questions.
Responding
Read aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.
Target Comprehension Skill
Main Idea
Tell children that every book has a main idea. The main idea is
what the book is mostly about. Important details tell more about the main idea. Model how
to identify the main idea.
Think Aloud
I can think about what happens in the book. Jan has an apple, a bike, a
ball, and a book. She shares each of these things with the boy. This book
is mostly about sharing. So I think the main idea is sharing.
Practice the Skill
Have children think of another book they have read. Ask them to tell the main idea of
the book.
Writing Prompt
Read aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the
writing prompt on page 6.
Think of something else the two friends in the story can share. Draw a picture showing
how they share it.
Write about how the two friends can share.
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English Language Learners
Cultural Support Talk with children about different kinds of ball games. Ask children
what kinds of ball games they like to play and, using the illustrations on pages 6 and 7,
have the children talk about what game the children in the story might be playing. You
may have to explain that the phrase play ball means to have a game with the ball. Also,
you may want to have children use the audio or online recordings.
Oral Language Development
Check the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their
English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.
Beginning/ Early Intermediate
Intermediate
Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: Point to the boy in the book.
Speaker 1: Who has an apple?
Speaker 2: [Points to the boy.]
Speaker 2: Jan has an apple.
Speaker 1: What food do the boy
and Jan share?
Speaker 1: Point to the girl in the book.
Speaker 1: What do the boy and Jan like
to ride?
Speaker 2: [Points to the girl.]
Speaker 1: What is the girl’s name?
Speaker 2: They share an apple.
Speaker 1: How do the boy and
Jan share the book?
Speaker 2: They like to ride a bike.
Speaker 2: They take turns
reading the book.
Speaker 2: Jan
Lesson 1
BLACKLINE MASTER 1.9
Name
Think About It
Friends Who Share
Think About It
Write the word that completes each
sentence.
after
1. I ride the bike
before
2. Jan and I
roll
after
Jan rides the bike.
while
kick
the ball together.
throw
kick
Making Connections Think about what you
share with a friend. Draw a picture that shows
what you share. Label your picture.
Read directions to children.
Think About It
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Name
Date
Friends Who Share
Think of something else the two friends in
the story can share. Draw a picture
showing how they share it.
Write about how the two friends can share.
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Lesson 1
BLACKLINE MASTER 1.9
Name
Think About It
Friends Who Share
Think About It
Write the word that completes each
sentence.
Jan rides the bike.
1. I ride the bike
before
after
while
2. Jan and I
roll
the ball together.
throw
kick
Making Connections Think about what you
share with a friend. Draw a picture that shows
what you share. Label your picture.
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Student
Lesson 1
Date
BLACKLINE MASTER 1.14
Friends Who Share • LEVEL C
page
2
Friends Who Share
Running Record Form
Selection Text
Errors
Self-Corrections
Accuracy Rate
Self-Correction
Rate
Jan and I like to eat apples.
Jan has an apple to eat.
I want to eat the apple, too.
3
Jan eats the apple.
I can eat the apple, too!
4
Jan and I like to ride bikes.
Jan has a bike to ride.
I want to ride the bike, too.
5
Jan rides the bike.
I can ride the bike, too!
6
Jan and I like to play ball.
Jan wants to play ball.
I want to play ball, too.
Comments:
(# words read
correctly/78 × 100)
(# errors + #
Self-Corrections/
Self-Corrections)
%
1:
Read word correctly
Code
✓
cat
Repeated word,
sentence, or phrase
®
Omission
—
cat
cat
Grade 1
Behavior
Error
0
0
1
8
Substitution
Code
cut
cat
1
Self-corrects
cut sc
cat
0
Insertion
the
1
Word told
T
cat
cat

Error
1413365
Behavior
1
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